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Florida’s First People
Emerson Point Preserve
Palmetto, FL
January 10 or March 6
Discover how Florida’s First People adjusted to a moving coastline. Learn native technology and ethnobotany.
Meet at the Temple Mound Parking Lot – first on your left as you pull in the preserve.

Sea Level Rise
Ken Thompson Park
Sarasota, FL
January 17 or March 13
Discover how sea level rise is affecting our coast. Enjoy a mangrove boardwalk, plant and animal identification, and more.

Coastal Resilience
Perico Preserve
Bradenton, FL
January 24 or March 20
Discover how Florida’s land managers re-create a coastline. Encounter native plants, animals, gopher tortoise habitat, and new seagrass meadows.

Inland Invader Issues
Red Bug Slough
Sarasota, FL
January 31 or March 27
Changing climate conditions are allowing for more plants to invade our native habitats. Learn how local land managers deal with this pestilence.

Early Restoration Efforts
Leffis Key
Bradenton Beach, FL
February 7 or April 3
Discover the first mangrove coastal restoration project on Sarasota Bay. Hear how to plant mangroves, enjoy a mangrove forest boardwalk and bird migration stopover, and learn about inlet dynamics.

Mangrove Migration
Robinson Preserve
Bradenton, FL
February 21 or April 10
Discover how mangroves are adapting to a moving coastline. Learn and experience mangrove physiology, salterns, fiddler crabs, and coastal restoration (and maybe a dancing reddish egret!)
Meet under the fig trees at the playground.

Stormwater Solutions
Celery Fields
Sarasota, FL
February 28 or April 17
Learn how this former celery farm became an international birding destination. Sarasota Audubon built a LEED Gold Nature Center with native gardens and volunteer docents on the boardwalks. Phillippi Creek headwaters are treated and tamed to prevent flooding downstream.

$10/person 4-pack $35 Series $60
Attend all 7 tours – get one FREE!
Use coupon code 4-pack or Series at Check Out to receive the discount.
Proceeds donated to Sarasota Audubon Society
Questions: Contact Karen Willey, Climate Change Chair